Danish Architecture

Architecture in Denmark

We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Danish Architecture. We aim to include buildings that are either of good quality or interesting. e-architect aim to cover completed Danish buildings and architecture competitions across Denmark. The focus is on contemporary Danish buildings.

Comments on the selection welcome. These are not selected due to their fame – we’ve left out the Danish capital’s Town Hall for instance – but because each in its way achieved a milestone and signified strong creative achievement.

Danish Architecture News

Denmark Architecture News arranged chronologically:

19 Jan 2018New charging stations for electric vehicles in DenmarkDesign: COBE, Architectsimage : COBEElectric Vehicle Charging Station Buildings in Denmark The charging stations take the form of a series of structural ‘trees’, with ‘crowns’ that filter light and shade to create a green environment with a calming atmosphere. The modular approach means that the design is scalable, and that one ‘tree’ can easily be multiplied to become a ‘forest’ depending on the required capacity.

New School Building in Aabybro, Jutland, north western DenmarkDesign: CEBRA architecture / KPFimage from architectsNew Building in Aabybro – 20 Sep 2016

Gas Compressor Plant Egtved, Jutland, southern Denmark – 9 Oct 2013Design: C. F. Møllerphoto : Julian Weyer C.F. Møller has designed the plant, consisting of four compressor units and service buildings, as an architectural feature in the open landscape. The new technical plant, supplying the central intersection of the gas pipelines connection north-south from Germany and east-west to Sweden, has a landscape-like expression emerging from the landscape as a grassy embankment..

Energinet Switchgear Stations – 20 Sep 2013Design: C. F. Møllerphoto : Anne-Mette Hansen C. F. Møller has created a new design concept for switchgear stations for the Danish energy infrastructure operator Energinet.dk. The first 400 kW station is now ready for operation. The Danish Parliament wishes to upgrade the visual appearance of the Danish power grid. As a result, Energinet.dk has decided not to construct a new large open-air switchgear station in Vejen, Jutland, but instead build a gas-insulated switchgear station – also called a GIS station. The idea has been to give the technical enclosure of the station, placed in the open landscape, a distinct architectonic profile, and at the same time maximize the future flexibility.

New Danish Maritime Museum, Sjælland, eastern Denmark – 19 Sep 2013Design: BIG Architectsimage from UniformDanish Maritime Museum Building In the presence of Her Royal Highness Queen Margrethe II, BIG will celebrate the completion of the New Danish Maritime Museum on Saturday, October 5. The new 5.000 m2 Danish Maritime Museum is located at the UNESCO World Heritage site in Helsingør, just north of Copenhagen in a unique historical context adjacent to one of Denmark’s most important buildings, the Kronborg Castle – also known from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Kajkanten, Copenhagen, eastern Denmark – 7 Aug 2013Design: Danielsen Architecturephoto from architect The housing project Kajkanten is the most recent expansion on Havnestaden – the area adjacent to Havneparken at Islands Brygge. Following Kalvedbod Brygge, Havnestaden is the next large development project in the inner harbour of Copenhagen. With its new community centre and summer attractions, including the green lawn and harbour pool, Havneparken appears as a new cultural dynamo of Copenhagen.

Toender Town Hall, Denmark – 7 Aug 2013Design: Bjelke+Cermak+Veile Architectureimage from architects A big roof, known from the vernacular “big barn typology”, unites the interior in a single volume. Due to aspects like view, access and site restrictions, the volume is processed to a single compact volume placed directly in the landscape. This is emphasized by a façade structure with vertical red/brown terracotta panels.

Toender City Hall Extension, Toender, southern Denmark – 16 Jul 2013Design: Holm Architecture Office (HAO) + Sebastian Misiurekimage from architects The city of Toender is located in southern Denmark, close to the Danish and German border. Due to an influx of inhabitants the city wants to expand its current City Hall building by creating a new extension that is directly linked to the existing building.

Køge University Hospital Building, Sjælland, eastern DenmarkDesign: C.F. Møllerimage from architectsKøge University Hospital Building – 11 Jun 2013 Rådgivergruppen USK, headed by C.F. Møller, Alectia and Rambøll, has been named as the winner of the competition to build the new Køge University Hospital, with a budget of DKK 4 billion. Køge University Hospital (USK) is an expansion of the existing Køge Hospital, which will be increased threefold to a total area of 177,000 m². This is a visionary project in terms of both architecture and functionality.

New Hospital Hvidovre, near Copenhagen, Sjælland, eastern DenmarkDesign: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architectsimage from architectsNew Hospital Hvidovre – 9 Jun 2013 schmidt hammer lassen architects, in collaboration with aarhus arkitekterne, has been appointed the winner of the competition to design the new extension of the New Hospital Hvidovre. The design for a 30,000-sqm extension was so outstanding compared with the other six competition proposals that the jury chose to appoint only one winning proposal to proceed to the second round.